Country size comparison

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Minnesota is about 1.2 times bigger than Uruguay.

Uruguay is approximately 176,215 sq km, while Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, making Minnesota 17% larger than Uruguay. Meanwhile, the population of Uruguay is ~3.4 million people (1.9 million more people live in Minnesota).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Uruguay vs. Minnesota uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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